), albeit insignificantly
different to placebo (Table 2 and Figure 2).
Tolerability, acceptability and blinding
Three participants (4%) withdrew because of gastrointestinal side
effects after 4 weeks, two in the garlic-4 group and one in the
placebo group (P40.05). Participants in the garlic groups reported
minor complaints in the first week of the trial, including
constipation, bloating, flatulence, reflux, garlic taste and difficulty
swallowing the capsules (23%), and dry mouth and cough in the
garlic-1 (nผ2) and placebo group (nผ1) (Table 3). A larger